Thorsten Reitz, Christopher Hönn (wetransform) June 3rd, 2020 · 2020-06-12 · #3 Virtual INSPIRE 2020 –Building successful, sustainable solutions on INSPIRE 2015 Rotterdam “Policies,

Thorsten Reitz, Christopher Hönn (wetransform)

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Virtual INSPIRE Conference 2020

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2015

Rotterdam

“Policies, Practices,Processes:Convergence”

2016

Barcelona

“INSPIRing asustainableenvironment”

2017

Strasbourg/Kehl

“Thinking out of the Box”

2018

Antwerp

“Make it work together”

2019

Helsinki

“Harvest the Sea of European spatial data”

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How relevant is INSPIRE for current policy and industry?

How can I solve organisational challenges?

How can I efficiently implement INSPIRE and be compliant?

How can I provide truly useful resources?

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- „Make Open Standards work“

- Improve Design and Implementation of Standards- Effective Data Infrastructures- ETL tools for complex data- Make data useable & useful!

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After each block, we will use 5mins to discuss questions & ideas!


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How relevant is INSPIRE for current policy and industry? Thorsten Reitz (wetransform)

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“Accessible and interoperable data are at the heart of data-driven innovation.”1

Knowledge and data as key components

Organised in data spaces…

…around which ecosystems form

Green Deal Data Space (GreenData4All)

Mobility and Agriculture1 Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/european-green-deal-communication_en.pdf, pg. 18

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/european-green-deal-communication_en.pdf

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Route multimodal, CO2-efficient transport (AELER)

Integrate UAVs into the airspace (fAIRport)

Support Forest Transformation (futureforest.ai)

Recognize and mitigate geohazards(Minerva Intelligence)

Deliver smart circular applications (…)



PSI Re-UseINSPIRE Open Data Public access to environmental information


XPlan

XBau

SOSI

NEN3610

eCH0118

3A/NAS

ISYBAU

CityGML

GreenBuilding

IFC

GeoSciML

BoreholeML

TN-ITS

AIXM

…

SoilML



As-isData

shp HarmonisedData

gmlmanualUsefulData

gpkautomatic

As-isService

*** manualHarmonisedService

WFS automaticAdaptiveAPI

API

Middleware Client Access


CIF vs. INSPIRE Raster Download Service (WCS)

Simpler, stable metadata

Simpler linkage

Model Overspecification Simplification

Model Underspecification 70+ known extensions

Better processes & annual updates

Conceptual Simplification

Technical Simplification

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Organisational challenges and patterns for implementing and operating INSPIREChristopher Hönn (wetransform)


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Lack of resources

Running SDIs by projects

Immature SDIs

Using synergies



Structural deficiencies:o Lack of personnel

o Lack of expertise (INSPIRE, IT etc.)

o No budget

Underestimated efforts:o Data harmonization

o Systems integration

o IT operations

Self-defined limits:o Avoidance of procurements

o Treating INSPIRE as an obligation rather than an opportunity


Project Approach:

“Operations” turns into a series of problems to be fixed

Applications are not (well) maintained

Missing or outdated data and metadata

Process Approach:

Strong focus on problem prevention

Full integration into the organization


Specification • International: INSPIRE• National: GDI-DE• Regional: GDIS

• International: INSPIRE• National: GDI-DE• Regional: GDIS

• Barrier-free customer journey: Find, assess, use

• Priority use cases• Optimize content & delivery

Implementation • Identified and described Datasets

• View & Download Services• Realtime APIs (STA)

• Interoperable Datasets• Validated Datasets• View & Download Services

• Extensions• Object-centric UX (Linked

Maps)• Analytic APIs• AI/BI Data Optimization

Mat

uri

ty

National Level: Annex I + II

National Level: Annex III

Regional Level: Annex I, II, III

Local Level: Annex I, II, III

accessible usable useful


Across Use Cases (internal)

Combine INSPIRE with

• national/regional SDI standards

• environmental regulations

• spatial planning standards

• public sector information and open data initiatives

• other initiatives

Across Activities (external)

Combine SDI with providers of

• Standard applications

• IT infrastructure

• IT operations

• Network services

• Data management

Synergies must be a win-win for all stakeholders.


University ConsultantNational

SDI

Systems Integrator

INSPIRE Service

Provider

EC Technology Provider

Geodata User

DataProvider

local

regional

national


Value-Chain Activities Data ProviderData

Publisher

INSPIRE Service

ProviderIT Service Provider

Tech-nology

ProviderSaaS

ProviderSolution Provider

Pri

mar

y Describe and publish data

Harmonize andpublish data

Sup

po

rt Build and operate IT system

Develop SW

Sample Organizations

Local, regional & national agencies and SDIs

Regional SDIs, Consultants

Regional data centers, national SDIs

National and regional data centers

ESRI, FME, wetransform, Open Source, SW developer

ESRI, wetransform

wetransform, con terra, national SDIs


Value-Chain Activities Data Provider

Pri

mar

y Describe and publish data

Harmonize andpublish data

Sup

po

rt Build and operate IT system

Develop SW

Sample Organizations

Mostly local agencies, some regional & national agencies

Full Service Platform Technology

INSPIRE Service

Provider

Tech-nology

Provider

Local and regional data centers, national SDIs

ESRI, Safe, wetransform, Open Source, SW developer

Tech-nology

Provider

ESRI, Safe, wetransform, Open Source

IT Service Provider

Tech-nology

Provider

National and regional data centers

ESRI, Safe, wetransform, Open Source, SW developer


Full Service and Platform offerings

allow data providers to build open

platforms and achieve significant

efficiency gains.

150 municipal data providers with one

platform operator reduces TCO for IT

systems and IT operations to 100 € per

data provider and year.

OpenPlatform


Strong Open Platforms foster

usefulness and enable innovation

Open Platforms help stopping

the data drain

There is no better way to ensure

digital sovereignty and plain level

field for every data provider

OP 1

OP 2

OP 3

OP 4

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How can I efficiently implement INSPIRE and be compliant?Thorsten Reitz (wetransform)



Identify & DescribeData

Accessible Data

Useful Data

Usable Data

Dataset Metadata APIs

Analytics

Extensions

Applications

View Service

Download Service

Service Metadata

Interoperable Data

View Service

Download Service

Service Metadata




Accessible Data

Useful Data

Usable Data

— Automated Generation & Validation

— Re-use where available

— Consistent to multiple profiles (ISO, INSPIRE, …)

— Continuous updates

— Automated publishing to Geoportals/catalogues




Accessible Data

Useful Data

Usable Data

— Automated Publishing

— One Dataset, many APIs— WFS, OGC Feature API, Atom— Attachments— WMS, WCS, STA, …

— Extended Capabilities

— Service Coupling

— Scalable

— Monitoring




Accessible Data

Useful Data

Usable Data

— Full harmonisation— Geometry

— Semantics

— Validation— Schema

— ETF (Consistency, Constraints)




Accessible Data

Useful Data

Usable Data

— Optimize Data for AI/Analytics

— Provide Data via additional APIs

— Extend data models to match business processes

— Go beyond the Map to make the most of the data



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Observations:- Initial responsiveness is slow (11 work days median)- Only about 40% of contacts answered- There are no standard license models or fees for usage of

data as part of a cloud app or within a competition- Average time to resolve usage rights for the challenge

was 9 weeks with 6 to 14 contacts

Potential Solutions:→Use standardized licenses and transparent conditions→Have internal process to deal with licensing requests

effectively



accessible usable useful

Data Requirements

• Published data and metadata

• Harmonized and interoperable data

• Relevant data for defined uses cases

• Presented in a way that reflects the use case (and not the data characteristics)



…helps making data usable.

Observations:- More than 50% of data sets we harmonise do not

have any written documentation- If there is documentation, it is mostly written for

an internal audience in a limited set of languages- There are only few experts on the data available,

even in concrete projects

Enhancements through harmonisation :→ Documented concepts in multiple languages→ Conceptual documentation, e.g. UML models→ Detailed technical specifications available



…makes data sets from multiple sources usable.

Observations:- Most data sets have had only limited quality assurance

and have errors in positional accuracy CRS, consistency, completeness and topology

- Quality standards are not documented anywhere or havenever been defined

- Implicit standards (e.g. relational database schema) arethe most common form of QA

Enhancements through harmonisation:→ CRS issues are identified and resolved→ Internal and external Topology issues are resolved→ Consistency and compelteness are improved



…enable re-use of solutions and analytic processes.

Observations:- In about 60% of data sets, semantics are defined

in a local legal context and represent that well- In 40% of data sets, semantics are not well

defined, or there are mismatches to definitions

Enhancements through Harmonisation:→ Usage of standard Code Lists/Taxonomies→ Data can be combined with other data→ Tools and processes can be re-used→ High-quality, low-mismatch standard-to-standard

harmonisation possible

Minerva Intelligence ACE



…to build an ecosystem of INSPIRE-based apps and professional tools

Observations:- Mismatch Data <> GIS- Mismatch current data users <> future data

users

Potential Solutions:→ Provide Libraries to create new types of

visualisations from INSPIRE data→ Fully leverage Graph APIs, Linked Data

and Object Oriented Data→ Provide Adaptive Data Services

and other APIs to make data accessible



(Open) Data Ecosystem

Dynamic

Distributed

Open

Governance Focus

Democratisation (Share, Self-Service)

Based on: https://tdwi.org/articles/2017/04/11/4-recommendations-for-a-modern-data-ecosystem.aspx Source: https://theodi.org/article/creating-ecosystem-maps-for-open-data/

INSPIRE 2030: A Successful Open Platform


…to bring innovation to the ecosystem

Observations:- Procurement costs and duration- Selection criteria- De-Facto Monopolies- Ordering Services instead

of Solutions

Potential Solutions:→ Innovation procedure types→ Partnerships with Start-Ups→ Up-Front contracts→ Long-term partnerships instead

of transactional business


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SummaryThorsten Reitz (wetransform)


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INSPIRE will become a key component of the European Green Deal Data space

INSPIRE needs to prove itself, and quickly

INSPIRE needs evolution (at the core) and revolution (at the user interface)

Implementers need to find and exploit synergies

INSPIRE can be easy, cost effective and useful !



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04.06.2020 16:00: Leveraging INSPIRE Data into Artificial Intelligence

Applications

05.06.2020 09:00: GO-PEG - Generation Of cross border PanEuropean Geospatial

Datasets and Services

08.06.2020 16:00: OGC API - Features

09.06.2020 11:00: Pan-European datasets management, visualisation and

dissemination

10.06.2020 09:00: INSPIRE Reference Data – Ready to take off?


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Thorsten Reitz, Christopher Hönn (wetransform) June 3rd, 2020 · 2020-06-12 · #3 Virtual INSPIRE 2020 –Building successful, sustainable solutions on INSPIRE 2015 Rotterdam “Policies,